Peter Ormerod
@bowiegod.bsky.social
Author of David Bowie and the Search for Life, Death and God, out on January 15 2026 and published by Bloomsbury. Also entertainments editor for NationalWorld. Also a bit too keen on porridge, toast, Swindon, Noel Edmonds etc
When I was writing my book, all I really wanted was to see in my local Waterstones one day. And now - there it is, between Matthew McConaughey and Paul McCartney!
There's been plenty else going in the book's first week out in the world. Here are some particularly lovely things:
There's been plenty else going in the book's first week out in the world. Here are some particularly lovely things:
January 21, 2026 at 5:12 PM
When I was writing my book, all I really wanted was to see in my local Waterstones one day. And now - there it is, between Matthew McConaughey and Paul McCartney!
There's been plenty else going in the book's first week out in the world. Here are some particularly lovely things:
There's been plenty else going in the book's first week out in the world. Here are some particularly lovely things:
She barely sold a painting in her life, but she could be brilliant. Here are a couple of my favourites (the one on the left is Trafalgar Square on the day of the 1981 Royal Wedding)
January 17, 2026 at 2:59 PM
She barely sold a painting in her life, but she could be brilliant. Here are a couple of my favourites (the one on the left is Trafalgar Square on the day of the 1981 Royal Wedding)
My mother, a simply extraordinary woman named Priscilla, died on Wednesday night. She had a rare and priceless gift of being able to see beauty in anything, while being ferociously discerning. A fierce wit, an enchanted disposition, wild, magical, deeply and unsentimentally loving
January 17, 2026 at 2:59 PM
My mother, a simply extraordinary woman named Priscilla, died on Wednesday night. She had a rare and priceless gift of being able to see beauty in anything, while being ferociously discerning. A fierce wit, an enchanted disposition, wild, magical, deeply and unsentimentally loving
Pleased to see a piece about my book in la Repubblica. I've had a fondness for Italian newspapers since the early 1990s
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January 14, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Pleased to see a piece about my book in la Repubblica. I've had a fondness for Italian newspapers since the early 1990s
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d.repubblica.it/culture/inte...
My book is published today in the USA! Blimey
If any American readers are baffled by the book's references to Floella Benjamin, Paul Daniels and Zig & Zag, I apologise - just get in touch and I'll explain everything
(And it's on the front page of @barnesandnoble.com's site!)
If any American readers are baffled by the book's references to Floella Benjamin, Paul Daniels and Zig & Zag, I apologise - just get in touch and I'll explain everything
(And it's on the front page of @barnesandnoble.com's site!)
January 13, 2026 at 12:29 PM
My book is published today in the USA! Blimey
If any American readers are baffled by the book's references to Floella Benjamin, Paul Daniels and Zig & Zag, I apologise - just get in touch and I'll explain everything
(And it's on the front page of @barnesandnoble.com's site!)
If any American readers are baffled by the book's references to Floella Benjamin, Paul Daniels and Zig & Zag, I apologise - just get in touch and I'll explain everything
(And it's on the front page of @barnesandnoble.com's site!)
The Argentine master René Lavand is on this show too. Wondrous stuff
December 23, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The Argentine master René Lavand is on this show too. Wondrous stuff
On BBC iPlayer at the moment is one of the most heartbreakingly brilliant things I've ever seen. I first watched it when I was eight and it's fair to say it stayed with me. An astonishing and unique piece of art
December 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM
On BBC iPlayer at the moment is one of the most heartbreakingly brilliant things I've ever seen. I first watched it when I was eight and it's fair to say it stayed with me. An astonishing and unique piece of art
Found David Bowie's bookplate among his various notes etc and it's pretty fine
November 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Found David Bowie's bookplate among his various notes etc and it's pretty fine
Nice of Anton to promote my book, much appreciated
October 25, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Nice of Anton to promote my book, much appreciated
Little thing I spotted in Bowie's notes. Seems like the Thin White Duke liked the Fat White Family
October 17, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Little thing I spotted in Bowie's notes. Seems like the Thin White Duke liked the Fat White Family
Today's the last day you can get 25% off by ordering it from Waterstones with the code OCTOBER25
www.waterstones.com/book/david-b...
www.waterstones.com/book/david-b...
October 17, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Today's the last day you can get 25% off by ordering it from Waterstones with the code OCTOBER25
www.waterstones.com/book/david-b...
www.waterstones.com/book/david-b...
'Monumental, compelling and profoundly original'
Very grateful for this review of my book!
Very grateful for this review of my book!
October 17, 2025 at 9:14 AM
'Monumental, compelling and profoundly original'
Very grateful for this review of my book!
Very grateful for this review of my book!
And now I have an actual copy of my actual book! Feels a bit like a dream. @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social have done a stunning job
October 16, 2025 at 9:07 AM
And now I have an actual copy of my actual book! Feels a bit like a dream. @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social have done a stunning job
Along the way, we meet a cast of extraordinary characters, from Kierkegaard and Nietzsche to the theologian Paul Tillich and Dion Fortune, a woman who fought the Nazis with magic. There are new interviews and some lovely previously unseen snippets from his archive
October 14, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Along the way, we meet a cast of extraordinary characters, from Kierkegaard and Nietzsche to the theologian Paul Tillich and Dion Fortune, a woman who fought the Nazis with magic. There are new interviews and some lovely previously unseen snippets from his archive
Bowie called it the strand that ran through his remarkably varied career. Turns out he was right. It's there on all his great albums and in many of his best-known songs: Space Oddity, Starman, Golden Years, "Heroes", Let's Dance, Modern Love, right up to Blackstar and Lazarus
October 14, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Bowie called it the strand that ran through his remarkably varied career. Turns out he was right. It's there on all his great albums and in many of his best-known songs: Space Oddity, Starman, Golden Years, "Heroes", Let's Dance, Modern Love, right up to Blackstar and Lazarus
Pretty thrilled to announce that my book will be published on January 15! It's called David Bowie and the Search for Life, Death and God. It’s published by @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social and tells the story of Bowie's spiritual explorations - and why they were fundamental to his work
October 14, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Pretty thrilled to announce that my book will be published on January 15! It's called David Bowie and the Search for Life, Death and God. It’s published by @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social and tells the story of Bowie's spiritual explorations - and why they were fundamental to his work
We all know the Grammys are a farce but this would have been a hilarious letter to send to Bowie at any point in the past 50 years, let alone after he'd died
September 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
We all know the Grammys are a farce but this would have been a hilarious letter to send to Bowie at any point in the past 50 years, let alone after he'd died
I was lucky enough today to be among the first people to use the Study Room at the V&A's David Bowie Centre. It's the place where you can examine paper records - his notes, handwritten lyrics, jotted-down ideas, those kinds of things. If you're interested in that stuff, you'll love it there
September 18, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I was lucky enough today to be among the first people to use the Study Room at the V&A's David Bowie Centre. It's the place where you can examine paper records - his notes, handwritten lyrics, jotted-down ideas, those kinds of things. If you're interested in that stuff, you'll love it there
Obvious thing I missed on the Lynch/Potter overlap: woods and forests
September 13, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Obvious thing I missed on the Lynch/Potter overlap: woods and forests
One of the weird things Bowie does to you: you end up reading stuff you never otherwise would. He's been dead for ages and he's still doing it. I hadn't even heard of this book until last week
September 11, 2025 at 7:42 AM
One of the weird things Bowie does to you: you end up reading stuff you never otherwise would. He's been dead for ages and he's still doing it. I hadn't even heard of this book until last week
He was working on another musical in *2015*
September 2, 2025 at 5:45 PM
He was working on another musical in *2015*
David Bowie's unrealised major projects. The V&A archive is a wonder
September 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
David Bowie's unrealised major projects. The V&A archive is a wonder
It's apparently from 1981, a whole four years before this
August 28, 2025 at 10:49 AM
It's apparently from 1981, a whole four years before this
If the Online Safety Act protected us from 'humor' like this, I'm pretty sure it'd have universal support
August 1, 2025 at 8:27 AM
If the Online Safety Act protected us from 'humor' like this, I'm pretty sure it'd have universal support